Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

"Ten years ago, the king of Dressrosa was my grandfather, King Riku."

In a simple lounge, Reiner and his friends sat together, listening to Rebecca's low voice talking about the country's past.

The truth is completely different from what is spread outside.

Reiner sorted out what she had seen and heard combined with his own memories.

Eight hundred years ago, the king of Dressrosa was still the Don Quixote family, who became rich by enslaving the dwarf people.

It was not until after a world war that the World Government was established and the Don Quixote family moved to the Holy Land of Marijoa and became world nobles.

Dressrosa was taken over by the Riku clan, who freed the dwarf people who had been slaves for generations. In order to apologize, they made up a story about fairies secretly protecting the country and promised not to disturb their lives anymore.

The poor but peaceful life continued like this for hundreds of years until Doflamingo appeared ten years ago.

He was taken away from Dover in Marijoa by his father. He killed his father and tried to return to the Holy Land but failed. Later, he met Torrebol and others and formed a new Don Quixote family.

They returned to Dressrosa and threatened King Riku, Rebecca's grandfather at the time, with war, saying that they would leave Dressrosa forever as long as they raised 10 billion Beli and handed them over.

King Riku did not want to cause massive sacrifices, so he concealed the truth about Dover's invasion and begged for help from civilians across the country.

Out of trust in the king, all the common people tried their best to empty their wallets to lend a helping hand, and finally collected 10 billion berries.

King Liku gave the money to Dover, thinking that the matter would be settled, but he did not expect that the real nightmare had just begun.

Parasitic line.

Invisible threads intertwined into a web of despair, covering the entire night sky of Dressrosa where artillery fire was flying.

Dover manipulated the king and soldiers to massacre civilians in public, portrayed King Riku as a cruel and tyrannical ruler who was only interested in money, and then appeared as a savior to stop everything.

The truth is, Crocodile learned it from here.

If they hadn't met Vivi, Alabasta would probably have repeated the tragedy of Dressrosa.

Rebecca's mother fled the palace with her and hid in the flower fields.

Rebecca's father, Cyrus, the undefeated legend of the bullfighting arena, returns to the palace to seek revenge on Dover.

The result was naturally a loss. Cyrus turned into a toy soldier and was forgotten by Rebecca. He could only guard Rebecca as "Mr. Soldier".

Until now, Rebecca had never discovered the father who had endured the long pain alone.

The mother and daughter lived in the flower fields until Rebecca was a few years older and her mother Scarlett was killed while out looking for food.

It was a cloudy day with heavy rain.

The soldier walked out of the rain, carrying the body of his wife Scarlett and returned to the flower field and to his young daughter Rebecca.

This person who was forgotten by the world, with the heavy pain of being forgotten by the world, has been silently guarding Rebecca until now.

"So, this is why everyone hates you, because you have royal blood." Zoro said calmly.

The turmoil in his heart would never show on his face, but the knife was already eager to find someone to chop.

"Well, it's not important, just some idle chatter."

Rebecca knelt down and said firmly, "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up on uncovering the truth of that year."

"I was so shocked when I found out your identities just now that I didn't have the chance to thank you."

Rebecca looked at Reiner, leaned down and bowed deeply, "Lord Reiner, thank you for exposing the culprit who brought chaos to this country."

"No need to thank me." Reiner interrupted her, "I killed Dover for my own grudge. It has nothing to do with Dressrosa."

"I understand."

Rebecca stood up and smiled gently, keeping her gratitude in her heart.

"But isn't that bastard dead? Why is Dressrosa still here?" Zoro couldn't help but ask.

“This brings us to another mastermind behind the scenes.”

Rebecca's expression was gloomy. "When we heard the news of Doflamingo's death in battle, the whole country and the Don Quixote family fell into chaos."

"Without the protection of the title of Shichibukai, the navy sent troops to Dressrosa shortly after the war."

"In addition, there is a supernova pirate who has just entered the New World, Trafalgar Law, who also took the opportunity to attack the Don Quixote family."

"Terra Man?!"

Luffy's eyes lit up and he smiled, "He's been here before, too. He helped a lot with those guys in Impel Down two years ago."

"It was the incident of the Worst Generation invading the Undersea Prison."

Rebecca smiled slightly, "Several big news stories were reported back then, and even I was impressed by your name."

[Supernova War in the Sabaody Archipelago], [The Massacre of the Celestial Dragons], [The Invasion of Impel Down], [Reversal of the War at the Top].

Several major news stories shocked the world that year, and the Straw Hat Pirates were behind every major event.

At that time, his popularity once overshadowed the Four Emperors of the New World, but unfortunately he fell into silence in less than two weeks due to the scattered training of a group of people.

Until now, the news of the Straw Hat Pirates' regrouping has not spread throughout the New World.

"It's hard to say about Law two years ago, but the navy also came. Didn't they take down the Don Quixote family?" Reiner was puzzled.

The Navy is definitely eyeing Dover's industries.

At that time, the war had just ended and the navy was severely damaged. It recruited a large number of new soldiers to try to enter the New World, and it was also in urgent need of a large amount of funds and weapons.

The underground dark forces more or less have the shadow of the world government, except for Joker's industry.

Not only does it dominate the arms market, it is also completely unrestrained by the World Government. Without the protection of the title of Seven Warlords of the Sea, the Navy will certainly not let go of this big piece of fat meat.

"At that time, I also thought that the dawn of Dressrosa was about to come, but I didn't expect it to usher in greater despair."

Rebecca shook her head, her expression gloomy, "The Three Calamities of the Beasts Pirates suddenly appeared in Dressrosa and forcefully repelled the Navy and the Heart Pirates."

"After further investigation, we found out that Doflamingo's business has always been influenced by the Four Emperors, and there is even a secret factory of Kaido in this country."

"Since then, Dressrosa has returned to its previous state."

Rebecca placed her hands on her thighs and clenched her fists. "Not long after that, the new Shichibukai Weibul suddenly arrived and became the new king of this country."

"So, our enemy is the king, right?"

After hearing this, Luffy rubbed his hands together, "Yoshi, go beat him up!"

"Our enemy?" Zoro said helplessly, "Forget it, if you say so, then so be it."

"Also, the focus should be on Kaido. If we interfere in what's going on here, we'll be making enemies with the Beasts Pirates in disguise."

Zoro held the sword to his chest and said, "I don't care. It's up to you to decide."

Although he was reminded, he knew Luffy's character very well and a battle was inevitable.

"Well, it's decided then."

Luffy bumped his fists together and smiled, "I want to help Rebecca."

"Lucy."

Rebecca pursed her lips, with emotion and guilt in her eyes.

I wanted to tell her not to get involved in danger for her, but I clenched my fists and still couldn't speak.

Her heart longed for help; she could do nothing on her own.

"Don't think too much, Rebecca. It doesn't matter whether you are involved or not. Don Quixote's people have been targeting us for a long time, or rather, targeting me."

Reiner leaned back against the wall and said calmly, "Sabo said that the reason why the Donquixote family cooperated with Miss Barkin had something to do with us. They probably wanted to avenge Doflamingo."

Sabo and his team have strong intelligence capabilities and had done a lot of research on this country's background before taking action.

There is no doubt that Don Quixote's cadres are loyal to Doflamingo. In addition to being under pressure from Kaido, another condition for cooperating with Miss Bakin is to take Reiner's head.

"Sabo? Bajin?"

A big question mark appeared in Luffy's head, and he inexplicably thought of the blond man he met before the game.

"Reiner, you're talking about Sabo."

"That's the blond guy with the hose on his back."

Reiner probed, "Why, do you know him?"

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Luffy opened his mouth slightly, but didn't know how to start. After a moment, he said, "My brother's name is also Sabo. He died a long time ago."

After a pause, Luffy continued, "It's just that he really looks like him, and his name is the same as well."

"It's a coincidence, though."

Zoro couldn't help but ask, "Besides Ace, you have another brother?"

"Well, Sabo is just like Ace. The three of us are sworn brothers since we were kids." Luffy nodded.

"Why don't we just go and meet him?" Reiner continued, "Although the possibility is not high, we can just go and say thank you."

"Yeah, that's true."

After that, Luffy fell silent.

He felt an inexplicable tension in his heart and began to feel uneasy. He immediately stood up and ran out.

"No, I have to go see him now!"

"Don't act on your own!"

Zoro shouted hurriedly, but Luffy ran deep into the passage without looking back.

"This idiot, the game is about to start, where can you find someone now?"

Zoro gritted his teeth and cursed, then stood up, looked around, and walked towards the competition passage outside the door. "I'll ask him for him if we meet in the ring later. Let's go."

"Ah."

Rebecca stood up and followed, stopping when she passed by Reiner and bowed again, "Thank you, Lord Reiner."

"Ah."

"Then I'll go." After receiving the response, Rebecca smiled and ran out.

Although what Reiner said was true, she knew that he mentioned it specifically to prevent her from feeling guilty.

"Lord Reiner is not as cruel as the rumors say. He is actually a very gentle person."